Help me convince myself that our band is eclectic versus "all over the place" by:

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Helping me with bands that are "all over the place" stylistically but you wise musicians, other fans, and critics adore, versus bands that are just all over the place. We're in final phases of mixing our album and I'm dreading the reaction. (yes, I know, who cares, do I like it, etc, but still...) Hep me, IMM!

― Jubalique (Jubalique), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 13:43 (eighteen years ago)

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― The Redd 47 Ronin (Ken L), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 15:37 (eighteen years ago)

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― The Redd 47 Ronin (Ken L), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 15:37 (eighteen years ago)

There goes our second and third songs. DAMMIT!

It occurred to me that this was probably a) a ILM thread already and b) a bit vague. I guess the question is--how do you make an album that's varied sound more consistent?

― Jubalique (Jubalique), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

Is that Paul Ceb4r?!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah. I thought he was pretty eclectic, but I must admit I didn't think anybody knew who he was- the only time he was ever mentioned on ILM was some list of New Year's gigs, and he was playing one in Madison, so I guess it figures you would know.

― The Redd 47 Ronin (Ken L), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

Obviously, I don't know much about Wisconsin, much less the Cream City.

― The Redd 47 Ronin (Ken L), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 16:22 (eighteen years ago)

What's they soundin' like?

― Jubalique (Jubalique), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 16:39 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, he plays around here all the time. Actually he sung on one of my band's old albums (before my time).

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago)

I guess the question is--how do you make an album that's varied sound more consistent?

Pick a unifying element. Drum sound, guitar sound, something. It can be subtle.

But really, why do you need it to sound consistent? Revolver doesn't sound consistent!

― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Thursday, 16 November 2006 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

Well--Go1dberg, the problem is, we kinda did each of the songs with a different set of instruments, unwittingly, through time... and stylistically, recordistically, they sound different... one unbiased observer was convinced mastering will help, me is not so sure. I guess I'm hoping someone will say, sure, mastering will help that one song is all instrumental and Kraftwerky, and another is Tropicalia/dimestore, but mastering will make them all warm and fuzzzzzzy...

― Jubalique (Jubalique), Thursday, 16 November 2006 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

Well, I think that sounds good. That's what I was trying to do with my album, but I think it's going to end up a lot more unified-sounding than I'd first thought. Especially once I record vocals.

Mastering could even things out if all of the songs are mastered the same way (which may not be appropriate), or it could make them sound even more heterogenous. Anyway, I think there isn't enough diversity in albums these days.

― Steve Go1dberg (Steve Schneeberg), Thursday, 16 November 2006 16:04 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, I think vocals help a lot. We have some songs with snippets versus others with verses--which also makes the flow a little bit of a headache, as in, is it an electronica album or a pop album?

― Jubalique (Jubalique), Thursday, 16 November 2006 18:05 (eighteen years ago)

COSINE on this thread question. Other than the "band" stuff (which is actually coming out very solidly, soundwise), nothing I record really sounds like anything else, and the faux-early-Cornershop charm wears off real quick. Any advice for sameness of sound is like necessary to any of my music being listenable beyond the 3+ minute mark.

The best results I've had personally were via asking someone else to master it, but I hate relying on others.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Thursday, 16 November 2006 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

like anything else I record I meant to say

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Thursday, 16 November 2006 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

Stoked--totally, we're trying hard to avoid the Cornershop dimestore vibe.... ugh.... the grainy thing is cool, but like, so mid/late 90's, and unfortunately for brill bands like Cibo Matto or whatever, you hear it and immediately go, ugh, trip-hop. At least I do, and then I go, but for the grace of talentlessness go us.

― Jubalique (Jubalique), Thursday, 16 November 2006 19:13 (eighteen years ago)

Basically the main thing I want to do is make my drum kit recordings and drum programming recordings sound more like each other.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Thursday, 16 November 2006 21:53 (eighteen years ago)

And I guess I'll weasel in all the djembe/tabla/etc stuff as filler.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Thursday, 16 November 2006 21:54 (eighteen years ago)

It seems like Radiohead does a good job of making the live drums and drum machines fit into their productions--I like Froom/Blake, and they always seem to do that well. I'm sure there's like a gazillion other examples with new acts, maybe Hanne Hukkelberg and Mugison?

― Jubalique (Jubalique), Thursday, 16 November 2006 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

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